TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 53, 2 March 1916, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Many of the suburbs of Verdun havo been damaged by the. bombardment. Arrangements haye.-befen made to have, Cheltenham" B"(&_riit' %. -lec-ii-ity at night. General Jpffre. is.said„to„be -.rubbing bis hands -with ,gle_.„a_;Qie German offensive. ... Italy has decided to hold the port of ValonaVin Albania, and is strengthening the defences. Baron Schenck, chief German advanco agent in Greece, has. suddenly stopped his subsidies to the Greek Press. Germany is said to be subdued by tha enormous losses -at -Verdun,- -the-only comfort being the..value oftFe prize. The bombardment north -of-Verdun is less severe, and the enemy seems to be making an attempt to create a diwersion to the eastward. - A bill is before South. Wales. Assembly to make it punishable to print insulting matter- or to use __si__ting lan-guage-in-public.-. — -■-.. .—l_ Douaumont is still the heart of tho. furnace, writes- the-correspondent- of-the lliondon-" DaUythe fighting before-Verdun. A recruiting station is to be erected this -week at- the corner of Queen, and Victoria -Streets."- RetWn_l. soldiers will act as recruiting sergeants. It is-expected-that-the.referendum, ia New South Wales on the early closii-g of hotels'will give the voters the choice of .any. hpur between, 6pin. 'aHS.ll.paßr. At Dannevirke yesterday a man named Thos. "W: Haines. and' his- wife were coin-__ mitted to the'Supreme-Court- fpr-.trial on a_charge. of wilfully setting 'a, school 65.fire;.. • .._•■■:..'.. - .:: : ?.y' "'-^i^'- ; A. war regulation has been-gazetted .empoweriiig tlie - Minister for "I_-f enc£ to censor- and prohibit ithe : exhibition "of moving l pictures representing, events-liij the-present .war". .; •, ... „; ~.'■,-...:_.-, ;- British .firms.:are, .-.a u sj>ecrality of ,lihes.:that. were iormerJy;isuppiied:es» clusively. by ; Germany,*. and._..are .given customers at'competitive .prices."--;.. _ ".'.A.French:w_-el_3s.message, in.Teplyjng ■ to:the'Gern_E.n~boast i that a single shell destroyed. -<he.-Jpjr_-.a.t- Dbusimpnt,..and reached_th] of thaii.6r_i-aj;„yerdun --Strict"precautions a're-be_Bg-:taken--in . Australia to. prevent the introduction-of jnfa__ttiie_. .paralysis J. rota ..New -Zealand. PassragCTshyjships arriving-?rpm—the . Dominion' hayej tp gp SJrongh _a rigid "inspection.'-".;■■•"-' ; ~--- r ■■• A Meibpurn'e chauffeur who-had been cafie'd.-tp' Heidleberg by telephpne, was an hour later feund-shot-dead, the bpdy_ being placed under-the- car,.-and-covered - with a rug.' "There were -f our bullet holes in the head. ..... .' ■ ... ~...■ ...■:■:.- -■■ . it-is "stated" in Odessa that -documente hav<>--been f pund;proving that" the murdered Crpwn -Prince pf Turkey was miplicated- in a conspiracy- against- the : Germans and, against the Turldali War "S_in» Sg%Bi (Ji.nyer !?H-Bha), who a taking advantage of "the-opportunity to get rid of aU his-.enemies.' •*_° l._.!''■,,-,.'.. ■■-.'.:..,....-• ; AccprdMg tp the. "Manchester Guar- ,- dia-j"'the paper ."Die-Zufcunft," run by MaxmiUian Harden,' was "suppressed. for an' attack ion, the head of .the,.German - General . Staff ~ (General who. was ' described ..as... an -in yeterajte gambler. , Swiss' .dispatches fprcast ./in attack on ; Paris by way pf'JSpyon afnd St. Quentin. ........ ..-,..', :.. : / .